After my partial highland trail tour I've got delusions of grandeur so I'm going to try and do a sub 24 hour Peak 200 starting Tuesday morning. If that goes well Im going to try and ITT the Cairngorms loop.
Not quite sure when though, potentially the weekend of the 21st September, but depends massively on what my unwritten off duty is which I won't know until mid July.

Thanks for the link Paul... Didnt manage to download the gpx for some reason (will try and rip it off someones routes sections in strava).

Dave, yeah... Scotland is a top 'to do' list. Fills me with excitement and fear all at the same time (lots of fear). I bet theres not really many resupply points enroute so most people would carry a massive chunk of the days/2 days food with them...

Thanks for the link Paul... Didnt manage to download the gpx for some reason (will try and rip it off someones routes sections in strava).

Dave, yeah... Scotland is a top 'to do' list. Fills me with excitement and fear all at the same time (lots of fear). I bet theres not really many resupply points enroute so most people would carry a massive chunk of the days/2 days food with them...

You pass Aviemore twice and there's a 24hr supermarket there. Shops in Tomintoul and Braemar. Other eateries en route too. I'll try to put together a list.

I was through Feshie yesterday (see the Todays Ride thread). There are more changes to the official route as the estate are replacing and repairing some of the worst bits. I've sent Steve an email and he's asked me to send him a GPX file of the new line(s).

We did the outer loop at the weekend (and had a beer with ScotRoutes, cheers!) as our first bikepacking trip.

Conditions were really good with the only issues:
- missed the route climb out of Glen Brown and ended up going North rather than East for a mile or so, then backtracked.
- Old Fire Station café in Tomintoul was a bit naff, but there is another opposite
- the singletrack into Glen Tilt is hard work if you've panniers (my pal on his old On One 456 Summer Season).

And that's it on the negatives, so recommend the route totally but really wouldn't fancy it in cold weather with the sheer number of fords.

I used my Planet X Full Monty and soft luggage, very happy with my choice (over either my HT or FS).

I am planning to ride the Cairngorm loop the weekend of 31st Aug. Hopefully as part of the group start but if that doesn't go ahead for whatever reason then I'll do it as an ITT. Would prefect the group start for some banter and tracks to follow....

Just found out that there is a gig being played at "Food in the Park" in Blair Atholl on 31st. That might make parking a little more problematic, especially if they close off the car park beside the Visitors Centre.